Consistent with the bullish behavior of the last months, from January to November the country received $4.935 million in family remittances, 9% more than what was reported in the same period of 2017.

From the statement of the Central Reserve Bank:

El Salvador received US$4,934.5 million in family remittances up to November 2018 and increased 8.8%, surpassing by US$397.3 million the income received under this concept in the same period of the previous year; only in November US$430.2 million in family remittances were received, informed the Central Reserve Bank.

Partly because of the growth in private construction, economic activity in Costa Rica reported a 2.9% year-on-year increase in October.

The Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) reported that during the tenth month of the year, 71% of the year-on-year variation is the result of the positive evolution of construction (because of the dynamism of private construction), manufacturing and financial services.

During the eleventh month of the year, spending divisions reporting price increases included airfares and automobiles.

The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) in November 2018 registered a -0.35% variation with respect to October of this year, ranking the accumulated inflation at 1.39% for the first eleven months of 2018.

Mainly explained by the economic activity reported in the financial sector, during October, the IMAE registered a 3.7% variation with respect to the same month of 2017.

The Central Bank of Honduras reported that according to the IMAE forecast, national production in terms of volume in October 2018 showed a 3.7% increase (5.4% in 2017). As a result, the cycle trend series registered a 3.9% year-on-year variation (5.0% in the same month of the previous year). Because of its contribution, the economic activities with the greatest contribution were: Financial Intermediation, Insurance and Pension Funds, Manufacturing Industry, Commerce, Mail and Telecommunications, and Agriculture, Livestock, Silviculture and Fishing.

During the eleventh month of the year, the CPI registered a 0.52% monthly variation, mainly because of the prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages, and Communications.

The Central Bank of Nicaragua reported that in accumulated terms, national inflation reached 3.24% (4.51% in November 2017), caused by the behavior of goods and services prices in the sectors of Transportation; Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; and Education with a joint contribution of 1.642 percentage points. In year-on-year terms, inflation was at 4.40%, 0.95 percentage points lower than that registered in November 2017, and subjacent inflation was 4.14% (4.07% in November 2017).

In October, the year-on-year inflation was of 4.3%, however, in November the inflationary rhythm was reduced to 3.2%, behavior explained by the performance of transportation prices.

The most important inflation levels in November 2018 are the following: monthly inflation of -0.29%, inflationary rhythm of 3.15% and accumulated inflation of 2.18%, informed the National Statistics Institute.

Low growth of the local economy, low generation of formal jobs, deterioration of fiscal indicators derived from the rise in the deficit and public debt, are some of the factors that have been reported during 2018.

The Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Fusades) presented the Economic Situation Report up to November 2018, in which an analysis of the country's situation is presented.

Following the trend observed since May, in September the monthly index of economic activity in Nicaragua reported a 4.3% drop compared to the same month in 2017.

The Central Bank of Nicaragua reported that the Monthly Index of Economic Activity (IMAE) registered a 4.3 percent decrease compared to September 2017, with an annual variation of -0.2 percent and a 1.9 percent decrease in the accumulated variation.

Transport, electricity and trade were the sectors that contributed the most to the 4% year-on-year increase in economic activity up to September.

The General Comptroller reported that the Monthly Index of Economic Activity (IMAE) in the Republic, for January-September 2018, increased by 3.17% compared to the same period in 2017. The monthly yoy variation referred to September 2018 was 3.82% compared to its similar of the previous year.

Among the spending categories that reported price increases in the tenth month of the year were Food and non-alcoholic beverages, Transportation and Furniture, and Household items.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report published by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic indicates that in October there was a variation of 0.22% with respect to September. It also highlights that annualized inflation, measured from October 2017 to October 2018, was at 3.52%, remaining within the target range of 4.0% (+/-1%) established in the Monetary Program for the present year.

In September, economic activity in Costa Rica barely grew 2.5%, 0.3% over the previous month, mainly because of the effects of the activity stoppage caused by public employee unions.

The Central Bank of Costa Rica reported that the country's production, measured by the trend cycle series of the Monthly Economic Activity Index (IMAE), presented in September 2018 a year-on-year growth of 2.5%, which is 0.3 percentage points (p.p.) lower than the year-on-year growth of the previous month and 0.6 p.p. to September 2017.